B01_Synopsis_PreSolitNotice_1.pdf

ACTION: Pre-Solicitation Notice

PRE-SOLICITATION NUMBER: 140P2025R0066

CLASSIFICATION CODE: Y1QA = Construction of Restoration of Real Property

CONTRACTING OFFICER: Stormy Gallagher

DSC-CS Contracting Services Division

National Park Service

P.O. Box 25287

Denver, CO 80225

POINT OF CONTACT:

CONTRACTING OFFICER: Stormy Gallagher, stormy_gallagher@nps.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Elbee Bend is in the Knife River Indian Village National Historic Site

(park), Mercer County, North Dakota

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE COUNTRY: USA

Title of Project: KNRI 257081 KNIFE RIVER ELBEE BEND BANK STABILIZATION

GENERAL:

The National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior (DOI), Denver Service Center (DSC), is soliciting proposals for a small business set-aside from all interested businesses having the capability to perform the work described below. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the Federal Business

Opportunities website at www.fedbizopps.gov . Proposal documents will be available for download in

Microsoft Word, HTML, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF; Specifications will be available in Adobe

PDF format; and drawings will be available in PDF format. Please Note: Paper copies of the solicitation will not be made available.

Vendors can search for opportunities and award history on www.fbo.gov without registering. The

Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) website has an Interested Vendors List and a Watchlist where you can add your company’s interest. Registering provides the opportunity to receive notifications;

this is a tool of convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. Interested vendors and plan holders are required to visit the website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the synopsis or solicitation documents.

Prospective offerors desiring to conduct business with the DOI are required to have an active registration in the Systems for Awards Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. You are also required to have a

DUNS number in order to conduct business with the Federal Government.

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This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below.

Proposed Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on/about June 1, 2025.

This is currently an unfunded requirement with a high expectation that funds will be available. When and if funds become available a contract will be awarded at that time.

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 237990 with a size standard of $45 million.

Description:

Project Conditions (see samples below, tailor/add/delete per project - work with PM/PS, note any logistical/cultural/historic considerations here):

The project is located at Knife River Indian Villages, Mercer County, North Dakota.

The surrounding area is urban with limited staging on site.

Note any unique material delivery requirements.

The construction site is 25 -50 of miles from nearest suppliers and lodging facilities.

The Park will remain open during construction, thus contract activities and logistics must be structured and scheduled to minimize visitor impact.

The site requires protective measures to ensure the surrounding area remains undisturbed.

The structure is a natural/cultural resource.

The anticipated period of performance of 356 calendar days including any potential weather shutdown.

There are seasonal/other shutdowns mandated through the construction season.

Winter construction may be required.

Project Description

Elbee Bend is in the Knife River Indian Village National Historic Site (park) and contains 64 archeological sites. The Knife River, a tributary to the Missouri River downstream of the Garrison Dam, runs the length of the park in Mercer County, North Dakota. The Elbee Bend Site on the Knife River is actively eroding, creating a threat to archeological resources, a utility pole approximately 130 feet from the migrating bend, and County Road 37. The cut bank is approximately 20 feet high. The purpose of this project is to stabilize the Elbee Bend site to protect archeological resources in the park.

Project Scope:

This project will stabilize the Elbee Bend of the Knife River by installing self-healing riverbank protection in combination with strategic planting of vegetation. Riprap will be placed at the base of the steep eroding bank to provide toe protection and to prevent excessive bank contact and scouring of the bend. Additional material and riprap will be buried in the bank at one or both the ends of the protection structure, forming keys that further prevent waters from scouring behind the riverbank. Construction will also include compacted fill along the protection area and up to the full height of the riverbank, which ensures there are no voids or trenches behind the protection structure. Vegetation or other bioengineering will be planted on the stabilization as appropriate.

This project will stabilize approximately 1200 linear feet of bank along the Knife River. The most important measurable result of this stabilization is preventing further destruction and loss of the Elbee

Village Archeological Site. Knife River Indian Villages NHS preserves and protects archeological resources related to the lifestyles of Northern Great Plains Indian peoples, and the preservation Elbee

Village is fundamental to maintaining this park purpose.

Stabilizing the riverbank will also protect infrastructure including County Road 37, electric utility poles, parking for fishing access, and park boundary fencing. County Road 37 is the only access for the National

Park Service to the northern portion of the park, and also provides public access to private property. The

USACE estimates that at current rates of erosion, the road will be lost in the next 10 years. Of course, the archeological site and associated resources would be long gone before that time.

The completion of this project will be an important step in the implementation of the Archeological

Resources Management Plan EIS (2018). The EIS defined a process for comprehensive archeological resources management, including a measured and strategic process for riverbank stabilization. The Elbee

Bend has been identified as the highest priority stabilization need for the park and is quickly becoming an emergency. The EIS defined indicators and standards that any more than 0% additional loss would trigger action. That standard has been surpassed and action must be taken. Unpredictable weather events could result in catastrophic loss of resources and infrastructure. Addressing the need for stabilization as soon as possible will avert this outcome and costly emergency actions.

In addition to the protection of resources, preservation of infrastructure, and plan implementation, this stabilization will increase recreational opportunities for visitors. The stabilization itself will become a trail for visitor use along the river. The stabilization will connect from the Elbee Bend to the fishing hole and then to the Sakakawea stabilization/trail. This will allow visitors to hike, recreate, and fish in a location that they were not previously able to access.

Estimated Price Range: $5M - $10M

Estimated Period of Performance: 356 calendar days

Proposal receipt date is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation documents.

A pre-proposal meeting may be posted, and date/location will be noted in the solicitation or a forthcoming amendment.

This procurement will be competed using an small business set-aside contracting method.

All responsible small business sources may submit an offer which, if submitted in a timely manner, will be considered. It is the policy of the government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. All offerors are strongly encouraged to contact their local Small Business

Administration Office, to post their need for qualified subcontractors at http://www.sba.gov .

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